I dont know. Might time out better for Nov. Everyone's jumped on recent offers, they get a break and breather and allow more people to get in on the new offer with a little longer time gap. This "leak" seemed more like a marketing buzz builder, was there a downside to the "leak"? I cant see any.

Only downside now, is all the affiliates have to wait and chew their finger nails a little longer before they see the referral kickbacks roll in. Just in time for holidays tho

MR/CO marriage is officially over Sept, Oct Chase markets the hell out of the PP card, and Nov they market the hell out of the MP, etc division. Dec/Jan comes the official CO/UA merger marketing promo.
Nothing surprising to me.